Asia-Pacific

October 7, 2024

A Melbourne teenager allegedly purchased explosives and planned to carry out a school shooting and a university bombing, a court has heard. The 19-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is facing explosives charges after being arrested by Victoria Police, who received a tip-off from the FBI earlier this year. The Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court was ...

October 2, 2024

Miyazaki Airport, located near sites where unexploded ordnance leftover from World War II has been discovered in the past, canceled all flights on Wednesday after a minor explosion created a hole near a taxiway. The transport ministry’s office at Miyazaki Airport confirmed that the explosion was caused by unexploded ordnance, which was later removed by the ...

October 2, 2024

U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians teamed up with U.S. Marine Corps, Polish Land Forces and an observer from the Royal Australian Air Force for Operation Sentinel Samurai, a week-long EOD joint force exercise across Misawa Air Base and Draughon Range showcasing the power of international cooperation Sept. 16-20, 2024. Team Misawa’s regular training ...

September 29, 2024

Naha City in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has asked about 1,400 people to temporarily evacuate ahead of a large-scale operation to dispose of an unexploded bomb from World War Two scheduled in the city on Sunday. The bomb was found during sewage work in a residential area of the prefectural capital last December. The area was ...

September 17, 2024

A man was killed in a suspected improvised explosive device explosion inside a beach resort in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur at dawn on Tuesday, September 17. Police are identifying the mangled victim whose body was reportedly cut in half. Lawmen found a totally wrecked motorcycle and a bag of ammonium nitrate in the area. A utility ...

September 15, 2024

This year 2024 has been a record year so far for the removal of explosive remnants from the Second World War in the country. That’s because more than 5,400 bombs have already been destroyed thanks to the combination of Operation Render Safe and the daily operations of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), Explosive Ordnance ...

September 11, 2024

Police arrested an 18-year-old high school student from the city of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture Tuesday over the alleged possession of high explosives, including a type used in overseas terror attacks. The arrest stems from a discovery in the teen’s possession approximately 31 grams of a powder containing triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and around 5 g of ...

September 9, 2024

Fourteen NZDF personnel have joined a multinational contingent in Solomon Islands to dispose of dangerous explosive remnants of war (ERW) under Operation Render Safe. The Australian Defence Force-led operation will see up to 250 personnel from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and United States in support of explosive ordnance ...

September 3, 2024

The United States (US) has joined a multinational team of experts from Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom as part of “Operation Render Safe 2024.” The operation organized and led by the Australian Defense Force and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) was requested by Solomon Islands Government (SIG). US Embassy ...

August 28, 2024

Pacific Islands states have backed an Australian-funded regional policing plan to improve training and create a multinational crisis reaction force. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said leaders endorsed the 400 million Australian dollars ($271m) proposal at their summit in Tonga on Wednesday. Under the plan, four training centres will be established across the Pacific with a ...

August 27, 2024

Two police officers were seriously injured after being buried by a landslide during a bomb detonation exercise in Taman Sri Lambak, Kluang, earlier today. Harian Metro reported that the victims are believed to have sustained severe injuries to several parts of their bodies. The two officers from the Johor police headquarters’ bomb disposal unit were admitted ...

August 23, 2024

Okinawa’s capital city of Naha is planning to evacuate 1,400 people while Japanese troops disarm and remove a suspected United States bomb from World War II next month. According to Naha’s website, the 551-pound ordnance was discovered at the construction site of a sewage system in the city’s Shuri district last December. Stars and Stripes reported ...

August 19, 2024

The Philippines has reported a new case of the mpox virus, the first in the country since December. Health officials said on Monday that the patient, a 33-year-old Filipino male from capital Manila, has no history of foreign travel. The latest case was detected by heightened government surveillance following the outbreak in Africa reported by the ...

August 7, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gage Gardner, an explosive ordnance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Jay, Oklahoma, measures unexploded ordnance after executing operational area clearance for UXO from World War II along with responding to suspected UXO threats in the area of operations ...

August 2, 2024

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has significantly upgraded its explosive ordnance response capabilities by introducing five new Remote Positioning Vehicles-Medium (RPV-M), commonly known as “bomb robots”. This enhancement is part of the QPS RPV Replacement Program, representing a $2.6 million investment to replace the existing fleet that has served for the past 12 years and ...

August 1, 2024

A Sydney man has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack at a busy shopping centre after he allegedly threw bottles of explosive chemicals around a bathroom. On Wednesday, July 24, police arrested Sebastian Newman, 21, after reports of a man acting suspiciously on level one of the Westfield Miranda shopping centre just after 2pm. Newman ...

July 27, 2024

An enraged man told police he planted a bomb in a car while brandishing what appeared to be a detonator – putting a Rotorua suburb into lockdown. Police then discovered what appeared to be a grenade in a baby formula tin wedged between the steering wheel and dashboard. Charles Warren Wahanui Rameka, 48, from Rotorua has ...

July 18, 2024

U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians integrate with partners from Korea, Mexico, Peru and the Netherlands during fast rope insertion and rappel interoperability training from a U.S. Army UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, ...